Kingdom Hearts: Keys of Equestria

Chapter XXIV: Gathering The Elements- Shining Armor

Perspective: Shining Armor

"Do you remember your true name?"

I was galloping at a speed I had never achieved before, trying to find my way to Fillysberg, which was just a couple miles away now. I almost envied the others. They had wings, so they didnt have to go everywhere on hoof. The archway that led into Fillysberg was no more than five yards away. I charged straight through it and saw something that I needed to stop now. Rarity was standing in the middle of a small courtyard, a swarm of Nobodies surrounding her. She was rapidly pulling gems from the ground with her magic and throwing them at the monsters, but it was doing little to nothing. I charged forward, summoning my Keyblade, and cut down three of them in one slash. My Keyblade was *that* much longer than Soras? I thrust the blade into the ground in front of me, causing a wave of energy the same color as my magic aura to flash across the area and destroy the entire group of Nobodies.

"Rarity, where`s Riku?"

"He got caught up with an even bigger group of Nobodies and Heartless, and I lost track of him while he was chasing them down. I think he went that way." She pointed down towards an alley, where I could just barely hear the sound of a struggle. I dashed into the alley, finding Riku attacking a trio of Samurai Nobodies. I threw my Keyblade into the mix, obliterating all three of them.

"Thanks. Wait. Who are you?" He asked me. "And how do you have a Keyblade?

"My name is Shining Armor. Im Twilights brother and prince of the Crystal Empire. Sora found a way to give me a Keyblade through some kind of weird magic. You`re Riku, right?"

"Yeah. Where`s Sora?"

"He`s in Canterlot looking for Twilight and Rainbow Dash. They should be back in the Crystal Empire by now."

"Okay. Did you happen to run into a white unicorn with a really fancy-looking purple mane on your way here?"

"Who, Rarity? I sure did. She said that she was trying to keep up with you, but both of you got caught by some Nobodies."

"You helped her, right?"

"Do I look like an idiot to you? Of course I did! I wasn`t just going to let her die out there. Listen, we need to go now! Follow me!"

I took off with Riku following me, right back to where I had found Rarity. She was conversing with a younger-looking grey earth pony mare with an extremely well-kempt black mane and a cutie mark of some kind of music-related symbol.

"Rarity!" I called. "Let`s go!" She gave the mare a brief goodbye followed by a somewhat drawn-out hug and came back to us.

"Who was that?" Riku asked. "It looked like you knew her."

"That was Octavia Melody, my cousin-in-law. I havent seen her in quite a while. then again, I havent been to Fillysberg in almost a year."

"Look," I cut in before she could continue. "I know how much you want to tell us about her, but we really need to go. Now."